Noklak, September 7 (MExN): A two-day Training of Trainers (ToT) was conducted with 25 women leaders of Khiamniungan Menyiu Hoikam (KMH) on September 2 and 3 at Village Council Hall, Noklak. The training was organised by Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) with an objective to capacitate the women leaders, who in turn will capacitate their own community at village level on HIV & AIDS issues.
The topics for the sessions included Basics of HIV/AIDS, Stigma and discrimination, myths and misconceptions, Basic services available under Government hospitals and NGO set-up and IPC and Communication Skills. Group work and interactive sessions were also carried out during the training period. The resource persons for the training were Dr. Victor, SMO, CHC Noklak, Metevinuo Sakhrie, Joint Director (IEC), NSACS, Chongkoi Khaming, Asst. Director (MM), NSACS and Khumong, Program Manager, KBCA NGO-TI, Noklak.
A press note stated that during the inaugural of the training programme, Panpan, Village Council Chairman, Noklak delivered the welcome address, while Mrs. Thingpia, Associate Pastor, Noklak Village Baptist Church said the invocation prayer. The trainees were provided IPC toolkit translated into Khiamniungan dialect, and reporting formats to be used during the village level IPC campaign covering 30 villages under Noklak and Thonoknyu blocks of Tuensang district.
